Posts About "Jonas Siegenthaler"

July 23rd, 2018As the Washington Capitals prospects found themselves uniting with familiar and new faces at development camp, nerves had kicked in, especially for the newest members of the organization who were drafted just a week earlier. However, it took just one day together for the nerves to pass, and by the end of the week, many of the prospects...

July 15th, 2018As the Washington Capitals prospects stumble over their hockey bags and pack for the summer, stay-at-home defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler leans casually against his stall, the one that usually belongs to Alex Ovechkin during the regular season. In the midst of the chaos that comes with the last day of development camp, he's cool and...

June 27th, 2017The Washington Capitals kicked off development camp at Kettler Capitals Iceplex Tuesday, showcasing their prospects and newer draft picks for the first time this offseason.
With this year's camp comes a wave of returning players and newcomers, and each of them come with something to prove. While big-name prospects like Madison Bowey...

March 31st, 2016The Washington Capitals have been continuing their tradition of drafting European prospects, picking European guys with their top two picks in 2015. Next to selecting Russian goaltender Ilya Samsonov in the first round, they also picked Swiss defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler at 57th overall in the second.
The Capitals signed Siegenthaler...

January 3rd, 2016The relegation match at the 2016 World Junior Championship will not require a third game, with Switzerland beating Belarus 6-2 on Sunday to clinch a spot in the 2017 World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal, where they will compete in the group playing in Montreal, according to the IIHF.
Swiss Not Expected in Relegation
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July 30th, 2015The Washington Capitals announced the signing of defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a three-year, entry-level contract on Thursday afternoon.
Siegenthaler was the Capitals 2015 2nd Round draft pick (59th overall). Entering the draft, he was the 12th ranked European player, standing 6 foot 2, 220 pounds at age 18.
He played 41 games...

July 1st, 2015
As we get into free agency, the dust is still settling on what just happened in Sunrise, Florida. The Capitals only had five picks to work with coming into the draft, and with maybe a couple of prospects coming into the team full time next season, they had to replenish the prospect pool and make each and every pick count. What...

June 29th, 2015During the just completed NHL Draft, the Washington Capitals traded their 62nd and 113th picks for the 57th overall selection and chose defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler of the Swiss NLA’s Zurich Lions. Siegenthaler is a bulky, 6-foot-2, 220-pounder – just the kind of blue-liner the Caps need in the coming seasons – along with a new...

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